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Hyimenanthera.| VIOLACEAE. 575 
covered with minute lenticels; branchlets glabrous or the younger ones 
very finely pubescent. Leaves of mature plants 39 in. long, usually eee 
but varying to linear-oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse or ag ae Bs, 
gradually narrowed into a short petiole, entire or with ] or 2 irregular shallow 
notches on either side, dark-green above, paler beneath. Leaves of young 
plants membranous, obovate-cuneate, toothed or lobed. Flowers axillary 
or on the branches below the leaves, solitary or in fascicles of 2-4, dioecious. 
Males: About j,-}in. diam., pedicels decurved, equalling the flowers or 
shorter, bracteolate below the middle. Sepals ovate, obtuse, free almost 
to the base; margins minutely fimbriate. Petals free to the base, erect 
for the lower two-thirds, revolute at the tips, narrow-oblong, obtuse. 
Anthers coherent ; connective produced above the anther into a lanceolate 
process as long as the anther and fimbriate at the tip ; scale at the back of 
the anther exceeding it, narrow-cuneate. Females: Smaller than the males 
and less numerous, and on rather shorter pedicels. Petals shorter and 
broader in proportion. Abortive anthers present. Ovary ovoid ; stigmas 2. 
Berry ovoid, purplish, 2-seeded ; seeds plano-convex.—Students’ FI. (1899) 
44: Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 50; Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1 
NortH Istanp: Coastal cliffs in several localities in Cook Strait. Kapiti Island, 
B. ©. Aston! Titahi Bay, B. C. Aston ! Cockayne! Wellington Heads, B. C. Aston ! 
and others. Sours Istanp: Golden Bay, B. C. Aston! Riwaka, 7. Kirk, B. C. 
Aston! H. J. Matthews! near Takaka, Miss Hudson! Graham River, 7. F. C., F. G. 
Gibbs | Wangapeka River, 7. F. O.; northern ascent of Mount Owen, above the 
Rolling River, 7. F. C. Marlborough—Queen Charlotte Sound, Banks and Solander ! 
Ship Cove and Pelorus Sound, J. H. Macmahon! Canterbury—Broken River basin, 
J.D. Enys and T. Kirk! Ashburton Mountains, 7’. H. Potts/ —_Altitudinal range from 
sea-level to 3500 ft. October—Novem ber. 
Apparently a very variable plant, judging from a personal inspection of it in several 
of the Nelson and Wellington localities. It is possible that the coastal form might with 
advantage be distinguished as a variety from the inland state ; but on the whole I prefer 
to regard the differences as being due to the diversified character of the stations which 
the plant inhabits. ; 
~ 4. H. novae-zelandiae/Hemsl. in Kew Bull. (1908) 95.—A stout sparingly 
branched shrub 3-10 ft. high; branches erect or straggling; bark covered 
with minute lenticels. Leaves alternate, variable in size and shape, 14~4 in. 
long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate to obovate or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, 
obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a short stout petiole, sinuate or sinuate- 
serrate, rarely entire ; margin thickened, slightly recurved ; veins reticulate. 
Flowers dioecious, fascicled, 75 in. diam. Males: Often very numerous 
and clustered on the branches for a considerable length, pedicels decurved, 
bracteolate about the middle. Sepals ovate-obtuse, free almost to the base. 
Petals twice as long as the sepals, linear-oblong, erect at the base, revolute 
at the tips. Anthers 5, connectives produced into a long and narrow 
projection above each anther which is almost as long as the anther and 
jagged at the tip. Females: Smaller and less numerous, on shorter pedicels, 
usually erect. Sepals and petals as in the males. Ovary ovoid ; stigmas 2. 
Berry broadly ovoid or nearly globose, purplish; seeds 2. plano-convex, 
grooved on the convex face, with a large strophiole-—Cheesem. Ill. N.Z. Fl. 
i (1914) t. 14. H. latifolia 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 45 (not of Hndl.) ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 30. H. latifolia var. tasmanica 7. Kirk 
in Trans, N.Z. Inst. iii (1871) 163. Scaevola novae-zelandiae A. Cunn. 
Precur. (1838) n. 429. 
